Tag: Law
104 Articles
- Global Governance
The Failure of Governance in Nigeria: An Epistocratic Challenge
At the end of the Cold War, African civil society movements striving for more democratic governance began to challenge authoritarian regimes on the continent. Declining living…
April 12, 2021
- Global Governance
Hungary’s Transformation and the Complicity of the EU
Hungary has received international attention in the last decade for being the first Member State of the European Union (EU) and the forerunner of democratic transition in East…
April 11, 2021
- Business & Economics
Rethinking Global Vaccine Inequality: Lessons from Game Theory
The distribution gap for COVID-19 vaccines between wealthy and poor countries is widening. High-income countries, which account for fourteen percent of the global population,…
April 10, 2021
- Conflict & Security
The Recent Push to Expand the Draft to Include Women, and Why It Still Faces an Uphill Climb
On February 10, 2021, ten retired general and flag officers—seven men and three women—including General (Retired) Stanley McChrystal and Lieutenant General (Retired) Claudia…
April 8, 2021
- Conflict & Security
Bridging the Gender Divide is Key to US Global Fragility Strategy Implementation
As the Biden-Harris administration takes office, it will be tasked with the full implementation of the Global Fragility Act (GFA), which aims to tackle the root causes of…
April 6, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
Chile’s Constitutional Turning Point
Chile is at its most important inflection point since its 1990 return to democracy in the wake of the Pinochet dictatorship. In October 2019, the country exploded in violent…
April 1, 2021
- Global Governance
Reversing Course on Western Sahara Serves US National Interests
This pattern is most profound in former President Trump’s last foreign policy act: a tweet in which he recognized Morocco’s claim of alleged sovereignty over occupied Western…
March 29, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
PART II: Killer Robots: A Third Revolution in Warfare?
Cons Machine killings violate the most basic of rights—the right to life and the concept of human dignity. Machines are not inherently moral beings that have human traits, such…
March 26, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
PART I: Killer Robots: A Third Revolution in Warfare?
Overview Gunpowder first revolutionized warfare, followed by a second far more destructive revolution: nuclear weapons. The nine countries possessing nuclear weapons hold the…
March 19, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
India and Latin America: Moving from Transactional to Permanent Healthcare Partners
On January 22, less than a week after India began its own COVID-19 vaccination drive at home, the Serum Institute of India shipped two million doses of the Covidshield vaccine…
March 18, 2021